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    "id": 516588,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/516588/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Chairlady. I wish to support this amendment but there are times we say something contrary to popular opinion, as we make laws and we may be seen to be opposing. We are saying that the Kenyan Sign language shall be equivalent to English, Kiswahili or any other language. Where I come from, there are deaf Luos who also use some kind of sign language. I do not know whether that language will also be equivalent to English or Kiswahili. The first part of the amendment which says that the official language for the deaf is the Kenyan Sign language, is quite okay. That is understandable. However, Article 7 of the Constitution says that the official languages of the Republic are Kiswahili and English. We are now legislating to say that the Kenyan Sign language shall be equivalent to them."
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